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Striker definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRIKER, n.
1. One that strikes, or that which strikes.
2. In Scripture, a quarrelsome man. Titus 1.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a forward on a soccer team
2: someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
3: an employee on strike against an employer
4: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: hitter, striker]
5: the part of a mechanical device that strikes something

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1581 1. one that strikes: as a. a player in any of several games who is striking or attempting to strike a ball b. the hammer of the striking mechanism of a clock or watch c. a blacksmith's helper who swings the sledgehammer d. a worker on strike 2. a junior enlisted man in the United States Navy who has declared an occupational specialty 3. a forward in soccer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that strikes. 2 an employee on strike. 3 Sport the player who is to strike, or who is to be the next to strike, the ball. 4 Football an attacking player positioned well forward in order to score goals. 5 a device striking the primer in a gun.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Striker Strik"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge. 2. A harpoon; also, a harpooner. Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. --Dampier. 3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] --Massinger. 4. A workman who is on a strike. 5. A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. [Political Cant]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(strikers) 1. In football and some other team sports, a striker is a player who mainly attacks and scores goals, rather than defends. ...and the England striker scored his sixth goal of the season. N-COUNT 2. see also strike